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Grant Gordy

The debut CD of original music by the new head-turning guitarist for the legendary David Grisman Quintet. "Some of the best young players and most engaging sounds in contemporary acoustic string music."- From the liner notes by David Grisman

Genre: Folk: Jazzy folk

Release Date: 2010

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ABOUT THIS ALBUM

That “setting” is Gordy’s self-titled debut album, which includes his “Blues To Dawg”that he invited Grisman to contribute his signature mandolin playing to. He also broughtin Jayme Stone (banjo) — with whom he’d recorded and toured Canada and the EasternU.S. in Stone’s AFRICA TO APPALACHIA band with Malian musician Mansa Sissoko.Also part of his studio quartet: fiddle phenom Alex Hargreaves; virtuoso Paul Kowert onbass, currently playing with Chris Thile’s Punch Brothers; and Dominick Leslie onmandolin, who’d been part of Gordy’s Denver-based quartet and currently attendsBerklee School of Music.

“At heart, I’m really an improviser; that’s what very first drew me to playing music —the idea that you can make things up as you go along — but I’m also very interested incomposition,” Gordy says. “I like the idea of a group of musicians having as much roomand freedom to explore and improvise as they want, but within a context of a compellingarrangement that can be exciting for, and draws in, the listener. … It’s also my hope thateven though the pieces on the record reflect a wide range of interests and influences, theystill sound like a cohesive statement from one composer.”

"If you want to get a feel for where the next generation of acoustic string artists are taking their music, this is an adventure well worth your time and trouble. Every tune is a gem, and the soloists are flat out stunning." -The Bluegrass Blog